Coin-changing machine.



A. K. COLLINS.

COIN CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1911.

1,055, 1 38. Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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COIN CHANGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26. 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented M nagers. Serial No. 846,093.

To all'whom itmay concern: 4

Be itknoirn' that I, Annnn'r K. Oonpms, a citizen is the United States,residln at RockHill, in the county of York and tate of South Carolina,have invented, new, and useiiul Improvements in Coin-Changing Me,- ofwhich the following is a specificatlon.

The general object of the invention is to make change or give theequivalent for a coin of relatively large denomination in coins ofrelatively small denominations; and

adapted for containing a number of coins for exchange and receiving thecoins to be exchanged, andhaving means controlled by empty or thecarrier the. coin received, or to be exchanged, for removing apredetermined numberof coms the coin. received.

objects willappear and be better understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a. perspective of one embodimeat cat the invention. Fig. 2is a detail vertical section of the lower end portion of the deviceshowing the coin carrier partly in section and also the hopper orcontalner.

L Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section showing the position of the partswhen the hopper is partially filled with coins. Fig. 4 isa detalelevation partly in section of the coin controlled device showing byfull lines how the coin is retained until the device is operated andfurther showin by dotted Lines how the coin is removed from the lock. 51s a fragmentary detail elevation of the coin chute.

a indicates a suitable casin which is here in shown as transparent andormed of lass. It is to be understood, however, thatl am not to belimited to the employment of glass since other material may be employed,such as woodor metal.

In the embodiment shown the device is adapted for changing coins ofdifferent denominations, such as nickels and uarters and is soconstructed as to deliver ve one cent ieces when a nickel is depositedin one of this compartments, or to deliver five nickles when a quarteris deposited in the other compartment. It will, however, be understoodthat this particular construction is merely illustrative of oneembodiment of Application fllecLAugust a, 1911.

-may be two quarters. Or, it

parts constructed so as either a. nickel, dime, etc. Save the time andlabor usually required to .r

I opening through which. the whose combined values are the equivalent ofarranged in the guide 7 and ;opening 5 and the invention and ii desireda third. com;

2 pertinent with, the mechanism heroin. shown:

as arranged in either of the compartmept provided and, a v ted, to. receve half-dollars and give n 8X0 tur he de med only.

t e d t e to s t c ng r one compartment, need 5. indicates. the deliveryor outlet 0 and 6 a suitable base having a. suitable chap,

: ml or guide 7, a portion of which overlies the del very to this endthe invention consists in a device openlng.

8. indicates the container or coin hopper let intoan opening in the base6 and, out of alinement with. the delivery opening 5,

9 indicates a longitudinal slot in the hop;- per 8, one PUJFPOSQ ofwhich. is to provide. an contents of he hopper may. be observed, and thequantity of coins therein ascertained by means ofthe graduations of a.

scale 10. Thegraduations in said. scale extendingirons one side oi theslot andbeing spaced. apart for a. dis ance correspondingto onedimension of a. coin which the hopper is adapted to receive.

11 indicates. the plunger or coin. carrier v .2 an open ng in theplunger or coin carrier which alinos alternately with the hopper 8 anddelivery corresponds in diameter to the diameters of the hopper anddelivery opening, whereby, a coin fallin into the said openingfrom the.hopper an when the carrier is in one position,

ee t ev ior,

will fall through the deliveryopening when the carrier is moved intoanother position.

13 indicates an operating rod extending from. one and of the.

plunger through an opening in the front of the casing a, and. 14,

14 represent shoulders on the carrier 11 which abut the wall of! thecasing and limit the outward movement of the carrier under the action ofa spring 15 connected to. any convenient portion of the device, such asan arm 16 carried by the base. The end poxtions. 17 of the spring bearinon one end of the plunger and base, (sai spring being adapted to returnthe carrier to its normal position after the same has been pressedinwardly to eject the change.)

' .18 indicates an arbor which supports the coin actuated lockmechanism. This lock mechanism may be constructed in an preferred mannerand in the embo 'ment shown, comprlses a gravity latch bar 19 25 of thecross arm 22.

' gul'ar-shaped upper end, one

adapted to be received by a notch in the carrler 11, and actuated to doso automatically when the carrier moves outwardly under the action ofits spring by. a weight 21 on one end of a cross arm 22, the oppositeend of said cross arm being-adapted to receive the coin for exchange ina manner hereinafter described. a

23 indicates an upright connected so as to' move with the carrier 11 andhaving an anside 24 of which overlies thecoin receiving end 25 of andhas a. notch 26 adapted to receive the com to be exchanged and is so tosupport the said coin against arranged as displacement on the endportion toppling "or 27 indicates the com receiving opening in v eitherof thecompartments shown in Fig. 1

and 28a closure for said opening which is connected and supported in anypreferred manner such asby. a pivot 29 passing therethrough andconnected to the casing. a; The

- to embrace the hop er, whereby, the latter 'f lower so as to extendcontact with the .hent'ilow'er end pertionof v .upp v e pp r, p .rier'cannotbe moved to discharging posi- 50. gaged therefrom. This is oiimportance,

, since. it"v'prevents complaint against the ma-- chinesnotdeliveri'ng'change or short changing which the machine might same"downwardly and tilt the-closure 'sealftheopening 27. q "When the closurejusti 'describediby means acts as a guide for t e operating rod.

31' indicates a follower adapted to be loosely received by the hopper 8and 32indicates anarm suitably1 connected to thefole t rough. the slot9, and

theoperating rod, whereby, to mee -an is movedgiii the anner; of. the.answer-thelower 'endo'f the latter willextend' into' the opening; 12 Iof i the "carrier and," "since the eri'endf'of the*folldwer iscontainedin it will be evident that the cartioneven though the latch barbe d1sen-.

be made to do in the following mannen- -Ordinarily-the wholenumber ofcoins contained in the hopper at. any one Now, ifit were intended to deosit one hundred coins in the hopper an through inadvertence onlyninety-seven'were placed therein, it is manifest that only three coinswill be delivered when the plunger is moved inwardly for the twentiethtime. This of course, would cause complaint as beiore vents claiming orcasing as" stri e the deflector 42 from time will be divisible by 1 thenumber which is to be given in exchange. upper end of the passagestated. By the however, this wi be seen that the follower will move intothe opening of the carrier when a number of coins less than should bedelivered falls thereinto. Moreover this structure rethat a coin forexchange had iprovision of the follower,

been deposited might be made by one who" held that'he forced a cointhrongh the coin slot 27 and in the machine which claim be obviated,since it can cammed the closure thereof to open po'sition. If suchclaim'were false it would be easily detected upon opening or observingthecasing, deposited would be held on the receiving end 25.'

33 indicates an opening in the top of the casing .which alines with thehopper 8 and 'is adapted to receive a suitable tunnel or the like fordirecting a supply of coins into the hopper.

34 indicatesv a closure plug for the opening 33 and 35 a latch ivoted toone side of the center of one en of the plug so that when the latter isinserted into, the opening and the latch turned into one position, the

plug will belocked.

as to convey the coins from the delivery opening 5 to a point withineasy reach of 'the hand of theoperator.

' 37 indicates the coin which is formed in one arranged on one side ofthe compartment the. case may be, The outer end of the assage to-receive' the closure moved as previously described. 40 and 41'f indicate coinpassages communicating-"at their upper ends and converginginto'thekpassag'e 37. Y

42 indicates'aefle'ctor on one side of the passage 37 and 43 acoiiperating deflector at passage or chute face of a plate 38 f sincethe coin if such had been 36 indicates a delivery chute which may beconstructed in any preferred manner so I a 37 alines with one side oftheopening 27 and a notch 39 is formed 28 when the latter is the junctureotthe passages 40 and 41. The I so positioned that a coin of defl ectorspassage 37 will are a pro er size enteringthe bcund onto one side of thedeflector 43 and be directed thereby-into the passage 40 and finally.onto the coin receiving end 25, from which it will rewhence it will fallinto a suitable compartment in'the receptacle 46. When asmaller cointhan that just describedis inserted into the passage 37 it will notstrike the deflector 42 and its velocity will enable it to pass the 40,.whereby, it will move intothe passage 41 and fall therefrom intoanother compartmentin-the receptacle 46. The deflectors 42 and 43 arereferably of magnetized metal so that m the event of a blank'of magneticmaterial and of proper sage-37, it"will be held by either of the desizebeing inserted into the pas- Although I have shown and described oneembodiment of my invention it is to be understood that I am not to belimited to the specific arrangement and construction of parts sincevarious changes will be made, within the scope of the appended claim 1without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any advantages of theinvention.

What I claim as new is: In a device of the class described, thecombination with a casing for a coin receiving opening and a deliveryopening; of a base partially overhanging said delivery opening,

a coin hopper carried by said base, a reci rocating carrier havin anotch therein mounted in said base and adapted to receive apredetermined number of coins from said hopper and discharge the sameinto said delivery opening, means engagin the notch in said carrier formaintaining t e latter in a normal position, additional means controlledby the contents of the hopper for locking said carrier in its normalposition, and an operating rod adapted for contact with the last namedmeans for closing said coin receiving opening.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature vin presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT K. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

A. DONEGAL, BURNE'rr S. JoNns.

